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AMBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) — Two western Pennsylvania residents need attorneys and, perhaps, a plumber.

Police in Ambridge say they arrested 32-year-old Douglas Biers Jr., and 33-year-old Elisabeth Moakley, after the couple were seen standing — soaking wet — in an alley about 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Police say the couple had tried to steal copper pipes from a vacant apartment building, not realizing that water service was still turned on inside.

Police found two screwdrivers and a knife on the couple, tools that appeared to have been damaged attempting to pry something open. When police went inside the building, they saw water gushing from an overhead pipe.

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The couple are in the Beaver County Jail on burglary and other charges. Ambridge is about 20 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

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